Recruiting Blog

The latest job search and hiring trends

Since COVID-19 started to impact the way we work, we’ve been looking at coronavirus hiring trends by conducting weekly polls, gathering Monster hiring data, and asking our community of candidates and employers how they’re responding to the shifts around work. Here’s a look at the most recent Monster insights: This week’s poll data We’ve been […]

Staffing firms: moving forward from crisis

By: Tim Robbins, Monster Vice President and General Manager, Staffing and Recruiting I don’t think anyone could have predicted where we’d be as a country—or as a staffing industry—just a few months ago. We went from unemployment rates as low as 3.8% to job losses exceeding 10 million. Although it’s too soon to know what […]

Monster hiring report: August 2020 snapshot

Slow and steady, the economy is looking up, at least for now. We saw this in the latest release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly jobs report, which showed that the labor market continued to bring back more jobs last month. And with more jobs, the number of job searches conducted by […]

Staffing outlook: Three industries poised for growth

As the country continues to wade through the coronavirus health crisis, employment (or lack thereof) is top of mind. Unemployment rates are still at historic levels, but there’s optimism in the staffing industry about jobs in some fields that may recover from pandemic drops suffered in the spring. Among the segments with forecasted recovery growth: […]

Onboarding remote new hires: On-demand webinar

Onboarding should be a part of every new employee’s journey. For one thing, it increases engagement levels and decreases turnover rates (did you know, up to 20% of employee turnover happens in the first 45 days?). Obviously in-person onboarding is ideal, but when that’s not possible, how can you provide your new employees with a […]

Fast-track your online recruitment strategy: on-demand webinar

Chances are, you’ve been updating and improving your online recruitment strategy for years, but for most of us, the events of 2020 have pushed us all to fast-track those efforts. With fifty percent or more people who access websites doing it from hand-held devices, mobile optimization has become more important than ever. It’s crucial that […]

Hiring nurses quickly: On-demand webinar

Even before COVID-19, there were shortages in healthcare staffing, particularly nursing, but when the pandemic hit, those shortages became acute. Every hospital and healthcare organization across the country was potentially short-handed and had to figure out how to hire nurses quickly. They not only needed nurses, but other healthcare professionals – like respiratory therapists – […]

Temporary work visa suspensions: what employers need to know

In the latest government response to COVID-19, an executive order went into effect on June 22, extending the existing green card ban and issuing temporary work visa suspensions through the end 2020. The order applies to H-1B visas, H-2B visas, L-1 visas, and certain J-1 visas. This work visa suspension doesn’t impact every industry, but […]

How COVID-19 is impacting summer hiring

As the country dives into a summer overshadowed by COVID-19, the virus is affecting some industries more than others. Some firms that traditionally hire summer help are having a hard time making it work, while others have been inundated by job seekers. Some companies are facing challenges due to restrictions on what businesses can operate […]

May 2020 jobs report: an unexpected rebound

Surprising many job market predictions (including Wall Street estimates that hovered around 8 million losses), the labor market unexpectedly gained 2.5 million jobs in May, while the unemployment rate decreased to 13.3%. Employers brought some workers back, causing payrolls to rise and unemployment to fall, according to the latest release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]